1. Chapter 5Lifestyle Choices Career & Financial Management

2. Overview  What is a lifestyle?  Why is it important?  How lifestyles change  Volunteerism  Altruism

3. Choosing a career will:  Effect your income  Effect your self-esteem- _________________________________________ _____________________________________  Help determine your lifestyle  Lifestyle- the way you choose to live and spend your time. –Do you work nights/weekends? –Where do you live?/type of home/community

4. A Healthy Lifestyle WHAT DO YOU DO?

5. Lifestyles-Components  Community where you live  Home, Apartment  Job, Career  Who you live with  Friends, Leisure time  How you spend $$$

6. What can CHANGE a lifestyle?  _____________ ____  _____________ _  Family  Environment  Technology  _____________ _ * A change in these factors will likely change your lifestyle

7. Why do changes in these factors cause lifestyle changes???  List 3 different examples

8. Changes in Employment practices  Lifestyle changes can produce changes in employment environments and practices  Flexible Scheduling- a.k.a. flex-hour schedules  Single-parent families  Working at home –Cottage Industries- ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ________

9. Volunteerism vs. Contributing  Volunteerism- willingness to work on the behalf of others without getting paid  Volunteer- people who give their time, talents to help others without being paid  Contribution- ___________________________________ _________________________________

10. Volunteer examples…  Walk-a-thon for the March of Dimes  Conducting Bake sale for DECA  Being a candy striper  Serving on a Board of Education  Girl or Boy Scout  Big Brother or Sister  Serving on a committee for your church

11. Volunteer!!! How else can you volunteer?    

12. Why do People Volunteer?  Altruism- ___________________________________ _________________________________  Raise money for a club, organization  Feel a sense of “good”, satisfaction, pride  Recognition  Increasing one’s self-esteem  Helping those in need!!!